Notes: I already had a good idea what these might be when I first clapped my eyes on them. Nevertheless, I brought these home and went through the whole rigmarole with Kibby & Fatto. This one hit the bullseye when I assembled the code: EI/JKNPS. Boy, these tasted so hot they could easily rival L.piperatus.
The spores were very white and ovoid, and my scope did reveal fine-line connectors forming a partial reticulum (the pic is blurry as usual at this magnification — that’s the camera’s fault). Lugol’s did a superb job bringing out the ornamentation details at optimal condenser settings. Who needs Melzer’s you cannot even procure anymore for Russula identification? :)